A Mindless Magical Girl? I Picked Her Up and Remade Her!

"Hypnosis Blindfold—activate!"

As Bai Yu pressed the remote, magic-circle patterns appeared on the mechanical blindfold, while a constantly spinning purple vortex materialized before Xinghua's eyes.

"What... is this...?"

Staring at the purple vortex that seemed ready to suck in her consciousness, Xinghua felt her head spin... and her whole body went limp as she collapsed to the floor.

This guy... after the Doll Potion, he was using another despicable trick! Instead of forcibly controlling my body this time... he was controlling my mind?

Slumped on the ground, Xinghua weakly waited to be completely hypnotized. But she soon realized that while the purple vortex looked intimidating, its actual effect wasn't nearly as strong as she'd imagined!

At least for now... Xinghua still retained her sense of self. Though her head was spinning too much for her to stand, the Hypnosis Blindfold was nowhere near as effective as the Strong Doll Potion!

What a failure of a tool... Is this useless Monster Organization leader incapable of making even something like this properly?

Just as Xinghua was thinking that, she felt a pair of headphones placed over her ears. Then the Monster Organization leader's specially processed voice came through them.

"From now on, you will become the pet dog raised by the Monster Organization leader."

Hearing that, Xinghua's body trembled slightly... not for any other reason, but because that specially processed voice actually sounded rather light and pleasant. It made her head feel floaty and her entire body comfortable!

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Volume One: Chapter Ninety-One — Easily Hypnotized Constitution

At a time like this... according to the usual procedure, shouldn't I cooperate with the voice in the headphones and say, "From now on, I will become the pet dog raised by the Monster Organization leader"?

Thinking that, Xinghua was rather dismissive... because a purple vortex that merely made her dizzy and a single hypnosis recording were nowhere near enough to turn her into the Monster Organization leader's pet dog!

He had the nerve to bring out something this useless? It was honestly far inferior to the Strong Doll Potion! Maybe this was even a half-finished product. No matter what, I couldn't possibly submit to... something half-finished, right?

Tch~~~ She could still remember that her name was Ling Li and that she was human... but just then, the voice sounded from the headphones again.

"You are the pet dog raised by the Monster Organization leader."

Yeah, yeah, yeah~~~ How unoriginal. Was he really trying to hypnotize her just by repeating the same words? Even if she heard that voice a hundred times, she wouldn't be hypnotized... though the Monster Organization leader's voice really was quite nice, even if it had been processed...

Come to think of it, staring at this purple vortex hurt her eyes so much they were starting to tear up... but it was strangely beautiful too. Every time she blinked, she couldn't help wanting to look at it again...

Ugh... My head's so dizzy and sleepy... It feels like my soul is about to burst out through my forehead... I really shouldn't have spent all night studying how to draw out Beast Power... But even if I'm a little sleepy, this half-finished invention can't affect me at all...

"You are the pet dog raised by the Monster Organization leader."

At that moment, that pleasant voice sounded in her ears for who knew how many times. Xinghua's expression relaxed as she lay comfortably on the ground... listening to that light, airy voice that had no effect on her.

It was actually pretty comfortable as a sleep aid. Her head felt all floaty... but too bad those words don't work on me! I'm not some pet dog. I'm...

Huh? Come to think of it, what am I again?

A wave of confusion rose within her. Xinghua felt her thoughts gradually turn muddy, and thinking itself became an extremely difficult task...

Thinking is so tiring! Seriously... What am I again? My brain's about to disconnect! Why can't I remember—

"You are the pet dog raised by the Monster Organization leader."

That's right! Someone told me! Thanks for reminding me! I'm the pet dog raised by the Monster Organization leader! Seriously... How could I forget something so important?

I'm... the pet dog raised by the Monster Organization leader... Hehe~~~ I'm so happy! I remembered something so important!

And so, the repeated inner voices washed over Xinghua's mind. When she began muttering, "I'm a dog," over and over, a new recording sounded from the headphones:

[If you're a pet dog, isn't it strange for you to be able to speak human language?]

"Y-Yeah... very strange..."

[So from now on, you will forget how humans speak. Unless your master grants you the ability to speak, you will bark like a dog forever.]

"Woof! Woof woof!"

Xinghua nodded happily. Another fifteen minutes passed like that, and when Bai Yu removed the mechanical blindfold and headphones, Xinghua's expression had become quite a mess...

"Wooof~~~ Wooof~~~"

"Unbelievable..."

Looking at Xinghua, who had completely taken on the mannerisms of a dog, Bai Yu couldn't help holding his forehead as he said speechlessly, "Someone actually got taken down by this half-finished product I threw together?"

This so-called Hypnosis Blindfold was really just a looping purple-vortex GIF Bai Yu had casually found online, paired with his ordinary voice infused with the tiniest trace of charm magic. Strictly speaking, it didn't even count as a half-finished product!

After all, the Hypnosis Blindfold was so weak that even Meng Yue had said she couldn't get into character while wearing it. She said she didn't want to turn from a cat into a dog, and as long as she had even the slightest resistance, the thing was useless against her!

"Should I say this girl is naturally easy to hypnotize, or that she secretly wanted to become a dog so badly that she never resisted?"

As he wiped the mess from the corner of Xinghua's mouth, Bai Yu said helplessly, "Do you know how easily giving in like that makes me feel like I accomplished nothing?"

"Wooof~~~ Woof woof!"

Upon hearing Bai Yu's voice, Xinghua instinctively rubbed her head against him. After all, she'd been listening to Bai Yu's voice through the headphones the whole time, so she still reacted when she heard it after they were removed. Incidentally... Bai Yu's voice could probably issue her commands now.

"Well... I'm already sick of hearing you bark from yesterday!"

Stroking Xinghua's soft hair, Bai Yu said, "So now, I permit you to speak human language."

"Master~~~ Like~~~"

Yet even after recovering the ability to speak, Xinghua could only utter a few simple words. Only then did Bai Yu remember that he'd mischievously recorded the line, [Your intelligence will regress until you can only understand simple commands.]

If Xinghua had obeyed even that, then her intelligence might now be worse than Meng Yue's had been when hers regressed!

"With charm magic this weak... if I leave her alone, she'll probably recover in three hours at most?"

Watching Xinghua try to lick his fingers, Bai Yu couldn't help feeling a little mischievous...

Since she'd become like this, he had to make good use of those three hours!

Ugh... Where am I?

Who knew how long had passed? When Xinghua came back to her senses... the first thing she saw was a massive steel doll.

"Li Li! Fire!"

Just then, a rather pleasant voice sounded beside her! Upon hearing it, she instinctively opened her mouth and answered, "Woof!" Then—

As if her body had done it countless times already, Xinghua instinctively gathered the magic power within her as fuel at her lower back. Then she watched an utterly absurd scene unfold before her!

Bang!

An icy-blue light bullet shot out and struck the iron puppet directly! Dense freezing air immediately enveloped it, and the iron puppet was instantly frozen solid!

Huh? What's going on?? What did I just do???

Her heart full of questions, Xinghua suddenly felt as though she was wearing a heavy outfit. She instinctively lowered her head... and saw that both her hands were fitted with black mechanical dog claws.

Xinghua: "???"

Huh? No, wait... Wasn't I just listening to that so-called hypnosis recording? What kind of appearance am I in now??

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Volume One: Chapter Ninety-Two — Mechanical Dog Battle Suit

"Master—cough! Monster Organization leader, what did you do to me this time?!"

Apparently she'd called Bai Yu "Master" too many times while unconscious. Xinghua slipped up and called him that again, and in irritation, she instinctively controlled the thing on her back to aim at Bai Yu!

Huh? This thing can move up, down, left, and right, and it can fire light bullets too. Don't tell me what I have mounted on my back is—

"Huh? Li Li, you're awake?"

At that moment, the Monster Organization leader's pleasant... no, utterly punchable voice reached her.

"Who are you calling Li Li?!"

Hearing the Monster Organization leader call her so intimately, Xinghua inexplicably felt a bizarre sense of happiness. That only made her angrier as she shouted, "Psycho! Aren't you disgusting?!"

Damn it! This time, he didn't just control my body—he controlled my heart too! Otherwise, I would never feel... happy because this dead pervert called me that!

"Come to think of it, Li Li, you're really such trash!"

As if he hadn't heard Xinghua's furious shout, Bai Yu said with a delighted grin, "You actually got hypnotized by that thing for a full five hours!"

W-What? I was hypnotized for five hours? By a method that just played a purple vortex and some hypnosis audio? I was hypnotized for five hours by something that barely counted as a half-finished product?

What a joke! You must have used some other method afterward! Otherwise, there's no way I would've gone down that easily. This is all your fault!

Humiliated and furious, Xinghua immediately wanted to fire a light bullet at Bai Yu! Her body skillfully gathered magic power at her lower back, but unlike before, it didn't go smoothly. The magic power piled up there as if blocked, completely unable to fire!

"You actually wanted to attack your master? What a disobedient little dog~~~"

Seemingly noticing Xinghua's intentions, Bai Yu leisurely pressed the button in his hand. The long-awaited electric shock coursed through her entire body, nearly making Xinghua collapse—

"Aaaaaah—"

Bending over, Xinghua glared angrily at the hateful Monster Organization leader before her. Bai Yu merely pointed to the left, signaling for her to look.

Right, the entire left wall of the training ground was covered in full-length mirrors. She could see what she looked like right now through them.

With that thought, Xinghua turned her head... and saw herself wearing a canine-shaped suit of armor. From a distance, anyone unfamiliar with her would really think she was a mechanical dog!

Her limbs were equipped with sharp-looking mechanical dog claws. Even the upper half of her face was covered by a dog-faced mechanical helmet, and the dog ears standing on either side of her head emitted a ghostly blue glow. As for her lower back... a black cannon barrel nearly a meter long was mounted there!

"This is an organization battle suit I specially customized for you."

Bai Yu smiled at Xinghua, who was immersed in shock. "How is it? Pretty good, right?"

"Pretty good, pretty good... One day, I'll stuff you into a dog mech too! I hope you can still say it's pretty good then!"

Looking at her reflection, which had already made her look like a mechanical combat dog, Xinghua felt her limbs go a little weak... but she still couldn't help snapping, "What kind of joke is this?! I remember Meng Yue wore a completely ordinary black bodysuit. Why are our battle suits so drastically different?!"

"You say that... I don't want to be a dog. Of course I can't be compared to a pervert who thinks about becoming a dog all day."

Bai Yu answered with a smile, "I even think I was being rather considerate by specially making you a battle suit that lets you become a dog!"

"Considerate my ass!"

Unable to endure it any longer, Xinghua tried to pounce on Bai Yu and tear him apart with her claws. But her limbs were too weak to jump, and she could only lie pitifully on the floor.

This guy really doesn't hold back when he shocks me. He electrocuted me so badly that I have no strength left... It's definitely not because seeing what I look like now made my limbs go weak with excitement...

"Come to think of it, don't you think this armor of yours is amazing?"

Then she heard Bai Yu say, "Those sharp claws have astonishing destructive power, and with that long cannon on your back... you can now go to the battlefield as a low-ranking combatant and launch sneak attacks on magical girls from the rear!"

"You mean... don't tell me..."

"Yep."

Nodding, Bai Yu said with obvious delight, "One day, I'll make you drink the potion or hypnotize you, then order you to fight your little sister! Just imagining that scene makes me excited!"

Licking his lips, Bai Yu continued with the face of a proper villain, "Your hardworking little sister would probably never dream that this mechanical dog from the Monster Organization standing before her... was actually her older sister, who'd been missing for days!"

"No... No matter what, I won't fight Xiao Nai..."

This time, however, Xinghua didn't show even the slightest hint of excitement. Biting her lip, she said softly, "Only this... I can't... I absolutely can't..."

"As if you still have a choice."

Bai Yu looked speechless. "Besides, think about what you want to do. Is it really impossible that you'll become her enemy in the future?"

"What... do you mean?"

Her heart tightened, and Xinghua felt a bad premonition. Sure enough, she then heard Bai Yu say, "You want to get power from me so you can take revenge... Did you think I didn't know?"

Damn Meng Yue! That shameless, despicable catgirl! She promised not to expose me! I trusted you so much as a former partner—

Xinghua trembled with rage in that instant. At that moment, she truly had the urge to beat Meng Yue to a pulp and tear her apart! Compared to the Monster Organization leader, she hated Meng Yue even more right now! That girl tricked her again! This was already the third time, wasn't it?!

"What? Want me to arrange a one-on-one fight between you two?"

Seemingly seeing through Xinghua's thoughts, Bai Yu asked teasingly. After a moment of silence, Xinghua said softly, "Um... later."

What a joke! I couldn't beat that cat even when I was a magical girl, let alone now... I can only wait until I've completely mastered Beast Power before I might have a chance of defeating her, right?

"But... sigh... If you know, then you know!"

Xinghua seemed to come to terms with something. She sighed and admitted it helplessly. Before, she hadn't wanted Bai Yu to know about her desire for revenge because she was afraid he'd use it to threaten her into doing things. Her original plan had been to secretly gain power, betray Bai Yu, and then take revenge!

But over these past few days... Xinghua had realized that even without knowing that secret, Bai Yu could still do all kinds of things to her without restraint! Honestly, Xinghua had underestimated Bai Yu's control over her. Now that she thought about it, whether Bai Yu knew about this seemed to have become irrelevant.